Re: Fruitcakes was Re: Kentum/satem

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>
>        I don't know on what part of the globe you are, but here
>(Minnesota),
>"fruitcake" definitely refers to one's mental stability (or lack thereof)
>and
>has nothing to do with one's sexual orientation. Fruitcake is a marvelous
>word, in my opinion, for describing not only a brick that my mother-in-law
>tries to pass off an edible cake (my wife says she likes it, but there's
>still a year-old hunk of it in the freezer), but for the state of mind
>that
>concocts such fascinating ideas. :) If it offends you, just think how
>offensive it must be for Patrick Ryan and Edo Nyland. ;>
>        :Peter
Same in California. It definitely means someone who is crazy, not a
derogatory term for gay folk. And I should know, being one of the other
resident gay folks here :). An alternate term is "nut": God, my Sister in
Law's mother is a nut! (she really is)

By the way, of all the words used to describe gay people "fruit" is
probably the least venomous (of anything other than gay, or homosexual).
Why I, and a lesbian friend prefer to call girls who hang out with gay men
a lot "fruit flies" rather than "fag hags". She in fact calls herself a
"Fruit Fly".

Not that *you* have to accept people calling you a fruit or whatnot.

Reply